Szelcsányi Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Szelcsányi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Szelcsányi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary231:426,79528,704
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Szelcsanyi (2) are calculated separately.

Szelcsányi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Szelcsányi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Szelcsányi is found most in Hungary. It can also be found in the variant forms: Szelcsanyi. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Szelcsányi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Szelcsányi is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Szelcsányi is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Szelcsányi live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

It is most widespread in Hungary, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 426,795. In Hungary Szelcsányi is most prevalent in: Békés County, where 91 percent live, Pest County, where 4 percent live and Somogy County, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Hungary this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 8 percent live and Austria, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Szelcsanyi972/
Selčányi782/
Selčáni717/
Selčány713/
Selcani711/
Selcioni6719/
Silconi593/
Selcona591/
Selčany591/
Sülcani591/
Syllcani561/
Celciani561/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Szelcsányi
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